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The New York Times > Education > Harvard at Top of List of Donations to Colleges: "Harvard at Top of List of Donations to Colleges
By KAREN W. ARENSON

Published: March 3, 2005


Contributions to colleges and universities rose $800 million last year, to $24.4 billion, led by Harvard and Stanford with more than $500 million each, the Council for Aid to Education reported yesterday.
The donations amounted to an increase of 3.4 percent for all colleges and universities for the year that ended June 30, 2004. After adjusting for inflation the increase amounted to only 0.7 percent."